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This week is #NationalVolunteersWeek & so I want to particularly thank my fellow volunteer trustees of the very wonderful Bristol Old Vic. They’re generous, wise, passionate, committed & love the building & what the brilliant team produce on stage, off stage & in the community.

Urgent read🗞️Helen Jeffreys commented: “This project was developed with Tara Theatre’s late Artistic Director, Abdul Shayek…Supporting practitioners of global majority and working-class backgrounds to develop sustainable careers was at the heart of Abdul’s vision…” 👇🏽👇🏽

We’ve launched a playwriting award. Uniquely for work for young audiences. We’re looking for bold new scripts for 7-13 year olds. Award gives a full commission, published play and staging of the production Polka Theatre Please spread the word to your wonderful networks.

Announcing our incredible line up for the Sounds Of Windrush Party at Circomedia on 22nd June! 🎶🔥 We’ll be recreating the Carnival party experience as we journey through the rich musical heritage of the Windrush Generation 🎉 Get your tickets! 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 hdfst.uk/e110046

A big congratulations to all the Year 12 students from across the city who completed work experience with us this week. They were able to get hands-on and learn all about what it takes to work in theatre. At the end of the week, they presented everything they had learned.

Thrilled to welcome this exciting cast to BOV in the new year with Play On! 🔥🔥🔥 bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/play-… Produced by the mighty Talawa Theatre Co & Belgrade Theatre with Birmingham Hippodrome Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres Lyric Hammersmith Theatre WiltshireCreative

On 2nd July there is going to be a #PlaywrightsFlashmob (We don't sing & dance. We write & chat) Small teams of playwright (& theatre artist) HOSTS will be stationed at theatre cafes, bars, foyers across the country ready to welcome other playwrights...#SupportPlaywrights (1/)

Wishing Surrender the best of luck for their Press Night tonight! Break a leg🌟 → 19 June to 13 July Tickets from £12 Link in bio!

I'll stop banging on about this soon but Rob Watt made this fabulous map image showing all the theatres taking part in #PlaywrightsFlashmob

Who would brave the writers room? Free event, Thurs 11 July, 5-6pm, Zoom Join screenwriters Sumerah Srivastav Testament Daniel Rusteau + @WorksWithWords who will discuss the multiple forms that writers rooms can take + much more! Register: forms.office.com/pages/response…

I am so proud of this dynamite creative team! 😍 London GO SEE!! until 13/7 or if you miss that-check it out at Edinburgh Festival Fringe #surrender

Got a script that was optioned but left of the wayside, gone through some development but then shelved or outright rejected by venues, producers & programmers? Shout about yours and kickstart interest now. 👀 tinyurl.com/3h9kmhu8 #TheatreBlackList

✒️ Join us and SoulClap for an interactive experience through a creative writing exercise that centres Black Joy in the narratives of Black people. It asks attendees to consider the possibility of joy as protective factor in their lives. Grab your ticket! ow.ly/XMpJ50SxVyA

Interested in entering our Polka Playwriting Award but want to know more about writing for Young Audiences? We’re hosting two free zooms all about TYA for any interested applicants! Thursday 18 July, 5 - 6.30pm with @hatnaylor Thursday 25 July, 5 - 6.30pm with Piers Torday

These are the posts we need and I need to see because right now, I'm feeling somewhat in despair at how things are in our country.

Exclusive: Eleanor Tomlinson and Michael Ahomka-Lindsay to star in Matthew Lopez’s Reverberation at Bristol Old Vic whatsonstage.com/news/bristol-o…

💫 We're excited to reveal the cast and artwork for #Reverberation – the sexy, funny, and hauntingly human play by Matthew López, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning writer of #TheInheritance. Directed by Jack Sain (Jack Sain), this is our flagship Autumn production.

Thank you dear James Earl Jones for everything. A master of our craft. We stand on your shoulders. Rest now. You gave us your best.

If I mature faster, promote me to lead those who are slower to catch up. Pay me for my maturity, and protect me too. Don’t give power to those who mature later to harm, silence, exhaust, or control my body. Words lose meaning in this allistic world. MAKE THIS SOCIETY MAKE SENSE.

Just announced: THE BILL CASHMORE AWARD A new playwriting award for young writers, the prize offers a paid opportunity for two new one-act plays to be professionally produced at the Lyric. Applications are now open and close Monday 23 December at 12pm. lyric.co.uk/bill-cashmore-…